From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: bug#23873: Emacs 24.0.94: With function argdesc bitstring, Elisp manual does not say how to get arg list Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 23:32:12 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <7b82ac32-ab5c-4b01-a091-2ecbd585fd58@default> References: <871t3edfd9.fsf@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1467848002 5076 80.91.229.3 (6 Jul 2016 23:33:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 23:33:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23873@debbugs.gnu.org, Stephen Berman To: rswgnu@gmail.com, emacs-devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 07 01:33:10 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bKwJa-0005hV-GU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2016 01:33:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36344 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bKwJZ-0006mg-Mk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:33:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41611) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bKwIv-0006lS-Iu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:32:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bKwIs-00070X-BF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:32:29 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:51364) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bKwIs-00070K-2d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:32:26 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u66NWE8W028113 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 6 Jul 2016 23:32:15 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u66NWDFp025692 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 6 Jul 2016 23:32:14 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0015.oracle.com (abhmp0015.oracle.com [141.146.116.21]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u66NWCoK024593; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 23:32:13 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:205293 Archived-At: > Are either of these likely to happen? Is there anyone who presently > works on the byte compiler? >=20 > 1. The source argument signature for functions that use an arg > descriptor will be stored in the byte-compiled code. >=20 > 2. There will be a function to access this signature. (There is in Common Lisp, BTW.)